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Will You Eat a Restaurant Following a Health Code Violation?http://wbsm.com/will-you-eat-a-restaurant-following-a-health-code-violation/
http://wbsm.com/will-you-eat-a-restaurant-following-a-health-code-violation/#commentsSat, 03 Jan 2015 16:39:27 +0000Tim Weisberghttp://wbsm.com/?p=206000Continue reading…]]>This week on the Saturday Morning show, we were discussing the recent shutdown of an area restaurant after several cases of salmonella originated there. That also led to several listeners calling in with their own restaurant "horror stories."

]]>http://wbsm.com/salmonella-traced-to-new-bedford-restaurant/feed/0Google PhotoMass. Health Officials Urge Caution When Reporting Ebola Caseshttp://wbsm.com/mass-health-officials-urge-caution-when-reporting-ebola-cases/
http://wbsm.com/mass-health-officials-urge-caution-when-reporting-ebola-cases/#commentsFri, 03 Oct 2014 23:06:04 +0000Associated Presshttp://wbsm.com/?p=189831Continue reading…]]>State health officials say they are urging hospitals in Massachusetts to err on the side of caution when it comes to reporting any patients who could possibly have been exposed to Ebola.

Dr. Albert DeMaria, an infectious disease specialist for the Department of Public Health, told a press briefing Friday that several suspicious cases were investigated in the state in recent months, but Ebola was quickly ruled out in all of them

]]>http://wbsm.com/mass-health-officials-urge-caution-when-reporting-ebola-cases/feed/0Getty ImagesAuditor: Most Schools Complying With Anti-Obesity Regulationshttp://wbsm.com/auditor-most-schools-complying-with-anti-obesity-regulations/
http://wbsm.com/auditor-most-schools-complying-with-anti-obesity-regulations/#commentsMon, 29 Sep 2014 23:03:15 +0000Associated Presshttp://wbsm.com/?p=188842Continue reading…]]>A new audit has found that the vast majority of public schools in Massachusetts are complying with state regulations regarding school nutrition, physical education and measuring student body mass index

]]>http://wbsm.com/auditor-most-schools-complying-with-anti-obesity-regulations/feed/0photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty ImagesEnterovirus D68 Found In Springfieldhttp://wbsm.com/enterovirus-d68-found-in-springfield/
http://wbsm.com/enterovirus-d68-found-in-springfield/#commentsFri, 26 Sep 2014 22:28:23 +0000Associated Presshttp://wbsm.com/?p=188436Continue reading…]]>A Springfield hospital says federal and state health officials have confirmed eight cases of an unusual respiratory virus that has been affecting children around the country.

Baystate Children's Hospital said in a statement that eight specimens tested positive for enterovirus D68

]]>http://wbsm.com/enterovirus-d68-found-in-springfield/feed/0Denver Post Photo by Cyrus McCrimmon/Getty IMagesFunding Rolls In For Mass In Motion New Bedfordhttp://wbsm.com/funding-rolls-in-for-mass-in-motion-new-bedford/
http://wbsm.com/funding-rolls-in-for-mass-in-motion-new-bedford/#commentsWed, 27 Aug 2014 00:14:54 +0000Jim Phillipshttp://wbsm.com/?p=181740Continue reading…]]>Mass in Motion New Bedford's financial future is secure for at least another three years.

The motivational healthy lifestyle program has been awarded another round of funding from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, which will provide $50,000 a year to the program for three years

]]>http://wbsm.com/100-applicants-seek-licenses-to-operate-medical-marijuana-facilities/feed/0Mitchell: Up To Five Medical Marijuana Groups Looking At New Bedfordhttp://wbsm.com/mitchell-up-to-five-medical-marijuana-groups-looking-at-new-bedford/
http://wbsm.com/mitchell-up-to-five-medical-marijuana-groups-looking-at-new-bedford/#commentsThu, 12 Sep 2013 02:15:33 +0000Jim Phillipshttp://wbsm.com/?p=104298Continue reading…]]>Mayor Jon Mitchell says he wants groups seeking to open a medical marijuana facility to come in with business plans and other information, like other companies do when eyeing New Bedford.

]]>http://wbsm.com/mass-dph-five-exposed-to-fatal-brain-disease/feed/0Getty Images File PhotoDPH Reports Two Cases Of Measleshttp://wbsm.com/dph-reports-two-cases-of-measles/
http://wbsm.com/dph-reports-two-cases-of-measles/#commentsWed, 04 Sep 2013 02:56:08 +0000Jim Phillipshttp://wbsm.com/?p=102340Continue reading…]]>The Massachusetts Department of Health has confirmed two cases of measles at two Boston-area hospitals and says people who were at there at the same time may have been exposed.

Officials said Tuesday people may be at risk if they visited Massachusetts General Hospital's medical walk-in clinic on Aug

]]>http://wbsm.com/dph-reports-two-cases-of-measles/feed/0getty imagesWest Nile Case Reported In Plymouth Countyhttp://wbsm.com/west-nile-case-reported-in-plymouth-county/
http://wbsm.com/west-nile-case-reported-in-plymouth-county/#commentsMon, 26 Aug 2013 19:12:24 +0000Jim Phillipshttp://wbsm.com/?p=100729Continue reading…]]>Massachusetts health officials say they have confirmed the first case of West Nile virus in the state this season.

The health department said Monday that a Plymouth County man in his 70s has the mosquito-borne illness and is recovering in a hospital

]]>http://wbsm.com/state-releases-medical-marijuana-regs/feed/0Getty ImagesReport: Mass. Regulators Rarely Take Action Against Nursing Homes That Use Powerful Sedatives To Control Residentshttp://wbsm.com/report-mass-regulators-rarely-take-action-against-nursing-homes-that-use-powerful-sedatives-to-control-residents/
http://wbsm.com/report-mass-regulators-rarely-take-action-against-nursing-homes-that-use-powerful-sedatives-to-control-residents/#commentsSun, 23 Dec 2012 16:01:20 +0000Jim Phillipshttp://wbsm.com/?p=42970Continue reading…]]>A newspaper reports that Massachusetts regulators rarely take action against nursing homes that use powerful anti-psychotic sedatives to control elderly residents. The Boston Globe reported on Sunday that 27 homes were cited for unnecessary use of antipsychotics between 2009 and 2011